outlook Addin Contact Details for Sender

Question

I am developing code for capturing photo/picture for the recipient, while sending an email in the sending even of MS outlook. Can you please suggest what is the best way to achieve it?

>     Outlook.NameSpace outlookNameSpace = this.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI");
            Outlook.MAPIFolder contactsFolder =
                outlookNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(
                Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.
                OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);

            Outlook.Items contactItems = contactsFolder.Items;

            try
            {
                Outlook.ContactItem contact =
                    (Outlook.ContactItem)contactItems.
                    Find(String.Format("[FirstName]='{0}' and "
                    + "[LastName]='{1}'", "firstName", "LastName"));
                if (contact != null)
                {
                    contact.Display(true);
                }
                else
                {
                    MessageBox.Show("The contact information was not found.");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw ex;
            }

In the try block, contact is null. Let us know what I am doing wrong.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Of course, I very much doubt anybody would have a contact with the first name of "firstName" and last name of "LastName" - that is what your code is searching for.

Extract the sender email address and search for contacts with a matching Email1Address, Email2Address, or Email3Address.